Northwest On The Run

Check out my regular feature, Northwest on the Run in Northwest Runner magazine. Since 1999 this feature has been helping runners find the best races, trails, running routes and other points of interest to runners and walkers in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia.

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The Most Comprehensive Guide ever published for the Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument.
95 hikes including backpacking trips, summit climbs, and winter trails. Every trail in the National Monument and more!

Best Winter Hikes on King 5 Evening

A Classic reworked! A Tribute to our Trails!

100 Classic Hikes Washington

100 Classic Hikes: Washington has been an iconic state trails guidebook for decades. Initially written by the godfathers of Washington guidebooks, Ira Spring and Harvey Manning, 100
Classics has been fully revised and updated by their spiritual godson, Craig Romano. Author of more than a dozen books on Washington hiking, Craig brings his own energy, passion, and
expertise to this new edition that s every bit as gorgeous as its popular predecessor.

Walk! Hike! Run! New Series!

Urban Trails: Kitsap focuses on the trails, parks, and preserves within the urban and suburban areas around Bremerton, Bainbridge Island, and the Key and Kitsap peninsulas. You'll find trails to beaches, old growth forests, lakeshores, wildlife-rich wetlands, rolling hills, scenic vistas, meadows, historic sites, and vibrant communities. All of the routes here are designed to show you where you can go for a nice run, long walk, or quick hike right in your own backyard.

Day Hiking the San Juans and Gulf Islands is Now Available!

My long awaited for new book, Day Hiking the San Juans and Gulf Islands is now available! The most comprehensive hiking guide to the San Juan and Gulf Islands-it is also the only book to treat these two region as one!

WHO IS CRAIG ROMANO?

I’m an award-winning guidebook author, outdoors writer and photographer, and Northwest trails and hiking expert. I hike, run, paddle, and bike and have written about these passions for more than two dozen publications, including; Seattle Met, Backpacker, Paddler, Northwest Runner, AMC Outdoors, Northwest Travel, and Outdoors NW. I write weekly content for Hikeoftheweek.com; and I am the author of 15 books and co-author of five others; and I am currently working on several new titles in Mountaineers Books’ Urban Trails series. Still curious? Learn more –>

In The News

Rave Reviews by Terry Richards of the Portland Oregonian

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Trail Philosophy With Guidebook Author Craig Romano

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Praised in Harbors magazine

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“Craig is a talented writer who holds a deep passion for the outdoors, trails, and hiking. If you're looking for someone who can write about a broad array of topics on the outdoors, Craig is your guy.”